Kevin White continues to dumb down future schedules

[NDOM]

Originally Posted by rattfink

Look at Sagarin's top 10 for strenght of schedule for '07 (bowl games included):

1. UCLA 6-7
2. Washington 4-9
3. Florida 9-4
4. Nebraska 5-7
5. Oregon 9-4
6. Arizona 5-7
7. California 7-6
8. South Carolina 6-6
9. Tennessee 10-4
10. Stanford 4-8

Zero BCS bowl teams in this list. Only 2 New Year's Day bowl teams in this list. 5 total bowl teams. Let's look at the next ten:

11. LSU 12-2
12. Washington St 5-7
13. Mississippi 3-9
14. Colorado 6-7
15. Vanerbilt 5-7
16. Oregon St 9-4
17. Kentucky 8-5
18. Oklahoma St 7-6
19. Arizona St 10-3
20. Iowa St 3-9

BCS national champ is in the list. So 1 BCS team and 1 New Year's Day bowl team. 6 total bowl teams. So for the top 20 SOS only 1 BCS game.

What's the median SOS of the top 10 teams from Sagrain? 27. Throw out Kansas' very low #74 ranking and you get 25. So the point I'm getting at is the ND shouldn't strive for a top 10 schedule and that a top 30 schedule is more than enough to get the Irish into a quality bowl game. ND's SOS last year? 23. Will that number be lower in the future? Maybe but overall I like ND's scheduling for the coming years.

Oohh. Very good post. Reps for you my friend.

[grantphilly]

go tigers

[Granger Irish]

I think we have punished ourselves by scheduling too many tough teams and, when we do, we do not space it out right. On the other hand, there are teams that win big because of an easier schedule. We can be stubborn and insist we play everybody (all tough teams, that is). But, I really think we go overboard and gain nothing by doing it.

[loomis41973]

Another bitchy article from "The Geetar" One year the schedulle is too hard and the next too soft. Even Goldilocks found some porridge that she liked eventually , unlike those clowns at NDN.

[Win4Gipper]

I love the deal with UConn... we never have to go there and get to play them in the city multiple times... I love going back to the playing at 'neutral' sites in big city areas.... that will continue to build our fanbase and our recruiting bases...

[LOVEMYIRISH]

Originally Posted by NDSMC78

Don't be ridiculous. No one is saying that and you know it.

But here is an article from today's Hartford Journal Courant. Apparently, the ND/UConn series is a 10 game series. Hardly an opponent we should be playing 10 games against, IMO.

No Rent A High Price To Land Irish -- Courant.com

Why should we only schedule long term agreements with Top teams?

Honestly, I would rather see 10 scheduled with a few mid-tiers a couple low-tiers like someone like UConn...a forever series with USC, UM, Navy, Purdue...and then set aside 3 for random mid-tiers.

The key is stagger the long-term series.

[GoshenGipper]

Originally Posted by notredomer23

for 08, I like the schedule, but if i had it my way it would look like this(same teams, just different set up):
1. SDSU
2. Pitt
3. UW
4. Navy
5. UM
6. Purdue
7. MSU
8. Syracuse
9. Bye
10. Stanford
11.UNC
12. BC
13. USC

I don't think it would be a very good idea to have all those games back to back. It's really hard to stay at an emotional and physical peak for that long. That's one of the problems with the current schedule.